The Emmett Till Interpretive Center was the vision of the late Jerome G. Little, the first African-American President of the Tallahatchie County Board of Supervisors. In 2006, Little organized the Emmett Till Memorial Commission -- a multiracial group of citizens --  with the intention to break the silence and take responsibility for the role that Tallahatchie County played in the injustice that occurred in 1955. Today, the commission is now the Emmett Till Interpretive Center, and Little's vision of promoting racial healing and reconciliation lives on in our work.